John Gillott
@gillottjohn.bsky.social
Author of Bioscience, Governance and Politics (Palgrave). Co-Author Science and the Retreat from Reason (Merlin/Monthly Review). Climber and Runner
My attempt to get Gemini 2.5 Pro to solve a tricky maths question. In the end it gives in. Fair enough, we can all fail. BUT, not before, several times, confidently giving solutions which it was very easy to show were wrong. Bullshitting under pressure as prevalent as ever?
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Gemini - Constructing a Penrose Loop Path
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July 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
My attempt to get Gemini 2.5 Pro to solve a tricky maths question. In the end it gives in. Fair enough, we can all fail. BUT, not before, several times, confidently giving solutions which it was very easy to show were wrong. Bullshitting under pressure as prevalent as ever?
g.co/gemini/share...
g.co/gemini/share...